World IN BRIEF : MIDEAST : U.S. Urges Restraint After Israeli Raids
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The United States urged Israel, Syria and Lebanon to exercise maximum restraint and end a dangerous escalation of tension in the Middle East. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher announced contacts with the three nations after Israeli warplanes blasted pro-Iranian Hezbollah guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon in a series of strikes, the third wave of Israeli attacks into Lebanon in less than a week. The stepped-up air war stoked fears of conflict between Israel and Syria, the main powerbroker in Lebanon.
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